Rope handle



HW. FISHER.

ROPE HANDLE APPLICATION P ILED MAR, 7, 192|.

AGUS., Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

WWW/ll INVENTOR.

Herma M.v Fkew ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 2S, 19221 narran4 ystares earnerHERMAN W. FISHER, 0F MANTECA, CALIFORNIA.

ROPE HANDLE.

Application tiled March 7, 1921. Serial No. 450,128.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERMAN W. FISHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Manteca, in the county of San Joaquin, .State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Rope Handles; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thecharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisapplication.

This invention relates to improvements in skipping ropes such as areused by children for playing and exercising, the principal object beingto provide a novel form of handle for the rope whereby the latter may beattached thereto without projecting through the handle, as is nowcommon.

Another object is to provide for perfect freedom of the rope-endsrelative to the handles, so that the rope cannot become twisted, andtend to fray at the junctionl with the handles, when the rope is twirledwhile the handles are held stationary.

There is also no chance for the handles to slip down on the rope, or forthe handles to come off.

A further object ofthe invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposeswhich it is designed. j

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claim.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingpartsin the several views.

Fig. l is a view of a complete skipping rope showing my improved handlesthereon.

F ig. 2 is an enlarged section through one of the handles.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings, the numeral l denotes a handle in general, preferably made ofwood. One end of the handle is somewhat enlarged as at 2, and hollowedout so as to form a substantially egg-shaped recess as at 3, the end ofthe handle having 'may be evident that they an opening 4: leading to thehollowed out portion, of smaller diameter than the greatest diameter ofsaid recess.

Mounted freely in the recess 8 but of greater diameter than the outlet 4is a ball 5 provided with a central orifice 6 therethrough7 to receiveone end of a rope 7, which projects through the orifice and is thenknotted as at 8, such knotted end being preferably seated in a cuppeddepression 9 on the inner end of the ball.

In order to insert the ball, if the handles are of wood, the latter aremade in two sections, as shown, glued or otherwise secured together.

If the handles are made of metal, the open end may be headed over afterthe ball is inserted, the rope of course being first secured to thelatter in either case.

The device is thus in reality a form of universal joint between thehandle and the rope, allowing t-he latter considerable range of swivelmovement without fraying or twisting, since as soon as the handle andball are slack, the latter will turn to its normal position if the ropehas become twisted.

I have particularly described the handles as being applied to askipping' rope, but it may be applied to any rope fitted with a handle.

It will be noted that the ball is completely socketed within the handle,which protects the surface of the same from being nicked or marred,which would interfere with its freedom of movement and gives it a betterbearing in the handle, tending to prevent any binding action.

It will also be seen that the rope passes snugly through a fairly longhole in the ball, which gives the rope a good bearing in the ball, andprevents it being easily twisted and chafed by turning to engage theedges of the hole.

F rom the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specication sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction f of the device, still in practice such deviations fromsuch detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from thespirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described iny invention, what 5 I claim as new and usefuland desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A handle for ropes, said handles being recessed in one end, a be llturnably seated therein, Said ball being held from projecting at anypoint beyond the recessed end of the handle, and a rope-end Xed to theball, the latter being` provided with a relatively long orifice throughwhich the rope snugly passes,

1n testimony whereof I ax my signature.

HERMAN W. msi-inn.

